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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/libata.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/libata.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h index 91f705de2c0b..61df823ac86a 100644 --- a/include/linux/libata.h +++ b/include/linux/libata.h @@ -1340,6 +1340,12 @@ extern const struct ata_port_operations ata_base_port_ops; extern const struct ata_port_operations sata_port_ops; extern struct device_attribute *ata_common_sdev_attrs[]; +/* + * All sht initializers (BASE, PIO, BMDMA, NCQ) must be instantiated + * by the edge drivers. Because the 'module' field of sht must be the + * edge driver's module reference, otherwise the driver can be unloaded + * even if the scsi_device is being accessed. + */ #define ATA_BASE_SHT(drv_name) \ .module = THIS_MODULE, \ .name = drv_name, \ |